The Significance of the 3 Greatest Questions of Our Times

By Robert A. Vella Last week, the hosts of a local sports talk radio show (which is quite entertaining, provocative, Continue reading →

America in Decline: New poll shows growing Anti-Intellectualism and the devaluing of Education

By Robert A. Vella In director Mike Judge’s prescient and highly underappreciated 2006 satirical film Idiocracy, society five centuries from Continue reading →

Where lays the fault of America’s failing democracy?

By Robert A. Vella In a recent post on this blog detailing how sex has become a new part of Continue reading →

Drifting apart: New study adds weight to belief that American society is fracturing internally

By Robert A. Vella The 21st century is still new, but it hasn’t been very kind so far to good Continue reading →

Nevada Marijuana Legalization kerfuffle highlights the corrupting influence of Money in America

By Robert A. Vella I was living in Nevada during the 1990s and early 2000s when the push for marijuana Continue reading →

2016 was the deadliest year on record for the LGBTQ community

The gruesome attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando a year ago was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Continue reading →

MIDDLE-AGED WHITE AMERICAN MEN WITH HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION ARE DYING FROM DESPAIR

The rising annual death rates are being driven by despair, as reported by the scientists Drs. Deaton and Case. The Continue reading →

White supremacist activity on the rise on college campuses

Last year’s presidential campaign exposed America’s economic, social and racial divisions. Since last November’s election, at least 140 instances of Continue reading →